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Awesome collection of tools, organized into categories for easy use: Organization & Collaboration, Search Engines & Directories, Google, Templates & Lesson Plans, Research & Reference, Games, Reading & Writing, Math & Science, Arts, History & Social Studies, Online Libraries, Activities.  Share with staff for use in classrooms

Ck-12 offers "FlexBook" textbooks and other OER for teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). I will use this resource for teaching in our STEM lab at the Intermediate School, and as an excellent source for PD when teachers are learning about new technology tools at their fingertips.

Wisc Online is repository of learning content created by teachers and other subject matter experts delivered online and free to everyone. It is creative commons. Target audience would be middle school and above. Covers vast area of topics from heat transfer to digital circuitry to health science topics. Categories organized as: arts and humanities, career clusters, computer science, manufacturing and engineering, math, science, and social studies.

This site from NASA and Design Squad offers activities, videos, lesson plans, and guides for engaging kids in hands-on engineering activities. There are several guides for running 6-week or 12-week clubs or after school events. I am always on the lookout for activities that promote design thinking that I can use for a maker event or as a creative warm-up for one of my clubs. Lots of good ideas here!

HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, from engines to lock-picking to ESP, with video and illustrations so you can learn how everything works.

Google provides lessons and PowerPoints to teach the most effective and efficient ways to use a search engine.

Some of the most popular subject areas are: Computer Service, Language, Data Science, Business and Management, Engineering, and Humanities. There are tons more to choose from. Online courses can be taken for free. These could be used for professional development opportunities. I especially liked "The Foundations of Happiness at Work". : )

This is a lesson plan that could be used in Engineering, Business, Design or RtI enrichment courses. It challenges students to find a local problem and solve it in a manner of one class period.

Engage Kids in Hands-on Engineering Use DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL hands-on activities and videos in classrooms and afterschool programs, in libraries and museums, at events and at home, along with our newest resource DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL CLUBS that connect 10- to 13-year-olds in out-of-school programs around the world. I would use it in conjunction with the City X resource above..

This article which appeared in the Technology and Engineering Teacher Journal (2014) provides information that explains the basics about robotics in the classroom.